On January 8, 1944, the first prototype of the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star made its first flight. This was the first jet ...

As one would expect, the transition to jet-powered fighters was fraught with danger—and prototype P-80 test flights resulted ...

Designed during the closing years of WWII and introduced in 1945, the P-80 bridged the gap between propeller-driven aircraft and the jet age. As one would expect, the transition to jet-powered ...

Over the past 80 years, the air forces of the world have ripped through the skies in five generations of jet fighters. The common denominator of all five generations is the jet engine, an invention so ...